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He said the BBC had been involved in the cover-ups of Hillsborough and at Orgreave, where police and miners clashed.

He added: 'Look at paedophilia and the cover-up of Jimmy Savile.'

A BBC spokesman dismissed the accusations, describing itself as an 'independent and impartial broadcaster'.

Mr Corbyn is no stranger to controversy.

He runs a controversial weather forecasting firm and has dismissed global warming is 'delusional nonsense'

Piers Corbyn runs a weather forecasting business and has dismissed global warming as delusional nonsense

And in May last year he appeared on stage alongside a notorious Holocaust denier and a leading 9/11 conspiracy theorist where he gave a speech claiming that man made climate change is a 'lie' promoted for profit by a global elite.

Mr Corbyn said his brother will copy Donald Trump's tactics and use social media to reach out to voters.

And he has vowed to hit the campaign trail ahead of the June 8 vote.

He said: 'The alternative media will help Jeremy. That happened with Donald Trump.'

And he dismissed forecasts of Labour electoral wipeout, claiming the polls are 'biased'.

He said: 'I think Jeremy can get a reasonable majority. The general election is all that counts. The polls are biased.

'There are shy Corbynistas. The polls are absolutely under-representing him. I correctly forecast Trump's victory months ahead and that Brexit would happen and people didn't believe me.'

Mr Corbyn also hailed the 'magnificent leadership' of Ken Livingstone, who has been suspended from the Labour Party for giving a radio interview in which he said Hitler 'was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews'.

Mr Corbyn said: 'In the past Ken Livingstone has provided magnificent leadership. As of now it is not for me to comment on what Labour is doing internally for whatever reason, however bizarre.'

A BBC spokesman told the Mail Online: "As everyone knows we are an independent and impartial broadcaster."

The latest YouGov poll shows Labour lagging behind the Tories . The Conservatives are polling are a nine year high